Promenade (2024)

Promenade for guitar and percussion explores the idea of instruments moving along together at several different speeds. The first movement, Perambulation, has the players perambulating, or strolling. The second movement is an Interlude, with free rubato and conversational tempo, and the third movement is a presto Perpetual Motion, with a nod to French composer Claude Bolling.

  1. Perambulation

  2. Interlude

  3. Perpetual Motion

Percussion: 5 octave marimba, 1 octave crotales, 1 suspended cymbal

Commissioned by Dr Jonathan Fitzgerald and Dr Paul Tanner, with funding from the West Australian Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries.

Duration: 7 1/2 minutes

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